MILITARY APPEALS TRIBUNAL

Michigan Department of Military and Veterans Affairs

3411 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

Lansing, MI 48906

(517)481-8082

The military appeals tribunal was created by Act 523 of the Public Acts of 1980, being section M.C.L. 32.1067. The tribunal consists of 5 members appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, for a term of 4 years. The tribunal has appellate jurisdiction, upon petition of an accused, to hear and review the record in all decisions of a court-martial after the review provided in the Michigan code of military justice. The tribunal sits as a panel of 3 members with the concurrence of 2 members necessary for a decision. The tribunal has promulgated administrative rules.

The members of the tribunal are:

• Michael Marston, Chairperson
• Charles Palmer
• Stephen Pereira
• Ralph Wilbur
• Michael Zehnder